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Archive for January, 2007

Harris Router Selected by German Satellite Services Provider

January 5th, 2007 by

A-Medialynx has ordered a Harris Corp. Platinum router for the playout of its satellite service in Germany, Harris announced Jan. 4. A-Medialynx…

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EuroNews Signs Romanian DTH Deal

January 5th, 2007 by

EuroNews has announced a deal to be present on the new Dolce direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Romania, which was launched in…

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Skylogic, ViaSat To Provide Satellite-Based Communications For Business Jets

January 5th, 2007 by

Skylogic, a broadband affiliate of Eutelsat, has teamed with ViaSat to provide in-flight communications to business jets flying over Europe…

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Telesat Canada Tabs Space Systems/Loral To Build Nimiq 5

January 5th, 2007 by

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, will manufacture the Nimiq 5 satellite for Telesat Canada, Loral announced Jan. 4. Nimiq 5 will be the first among Telesat’s satellite fleet to be…

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Skylogic, ViaSat bring in-flight communications to business jets

January 5th, 2007 by

Skylogic, Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate, has teamed with ViaSat to provide in-flight communications to business jets flying over Europe.

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HisdeSat to provide satcom services for Belgian military

January 5th, 2007 by

HisdeSat Servicios Estrategicos, S.A. (HisdeSat) has entered a contract with the Belgian MoD/Direction Generale Material Resources for the provision of X-band communications services using the XTAR-EUR and Spainsat satellites.

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Astro takes five Measat-3 transponders

January 5th, 2007 by

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd has signed an interim transponder lease agreement with Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd (Astro) for initial Ku-Band transponder capacity on the recently launched Measat-3 satellite.

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Boeing tests new GPS ground station

January 5th, 2007 by

Boeing said it successfully completed a live demonstration of the Global Positioning System (GPS) ground station, which, when fully operational, will control the 32 GPS satellites now in orbit as well as those that will join the fleet in the coming months.

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